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Install postgresql@18 with Homebrew, winget, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, zypper, apt, Nix, pacman, scoop

Object-relational database system. Version 18.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install postgresql@18

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install postgresql18

MacPorts ports tree · databases/postgresql18/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libecpg

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libecpg · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install postgresql

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · postgresql · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libecpg6

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libecpg6 · source: download.opensuse.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install postgresql

Debian stable package indexes · postgresql · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#postgresql

nixpkgs package indexes · postgresql · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S postgresql

Arch Linux sync databases · postgresql · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL.18 -e

Windows Package Manager source index · PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL.18 · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install postgresql18

Chocolatey community package catalog · postgresql18 · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/postgresql

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/postgresql.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Object-relational database system

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for postgresql@18. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 7 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$PGDATA/postgresql.conf$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf$PGDATA/pg_ident.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.pgpass
Windows
%APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version18.4
manager updated2026-07-06
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.postgresql.org/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:postgresql@18
Version18.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/postgresql@18
Homepagehttps://www.postgresql.org/
Repositoryhttps://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git
Upstream docshttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/index.html
LicensePostgreSQL
Source archivehttps://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.4/postgresql-18.4.tar.bz2
Last updated2026-07-06T17:36:31+01:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesgettext, icu4c@78, krb5, lz4, openssl@3, readline, zstd
Build dependenciesdocbook, docbook-xsl, gettext, pkgconf
Uses from macOScurl, libxml2, libxslt, openldap, perl
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared
CaveatsThis formula has created a default database cluster with: initdb --locale=en_US.UTF-8 -E UTF-8 $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/postgresql@18 When uninstalling, some dead symlinks are left behind so you may want to run: brew cleanup --prune-prefix

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namepostgresql@18
Aliases
  • postgres
  • postgresql
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyyes
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL.18

winget install --id PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL.18 -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Postgresql 18
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL.18 from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
MacPorts94%

postgresql18

sudo port install postgresql18
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: databases/postgresql18/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk92%

libecpg 18.4-r0

ECPG - Embedded SQL in C

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add libecpg
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libecpg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

libecpg-dev 18.4-r0

ECPG - Embedded SQL in C (development files)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add libecpg-dev
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libecpg-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

libpq 18.4-r0

PostgreSQL client library

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add libpq
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libpq from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

libpq-dev 18.4-r0

PostgreSQL client library (development files)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add libpq-dev
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libpq-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18 18.4-r0

A sophisticated object-relational DBMS, version 18

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-client 18.4-r0

PostgreSQL client

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-client
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-client from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-contrib 18.4-r0

Extension modules distributed with PostgreSQL

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-contrib
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-contrib from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-contrib-jit 18.4-r0

Extension modules distributed with PostgreSQL (JIT support)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-contrib-jit
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-contrib-jit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-dev 18.4-r0

A sophisticated object-relational DBMS, version 18 (development files)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-dev
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-doc 18.4-r0

A sophisticated object-relational DBMS, version 18 (documentation)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-doc
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-jit 18.4-r0

Just-in-time compilation support for PostgreSQL

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-jit
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-jit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-openrc 18.4-r0

A sophisticated object-relational DBMS, version 18 (OpenRC init scripts)

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-openrc
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-plperl 18.4-r0

PL/Perl procedural language for PostgreSQL

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-plperl
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-plperl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk92%

postgresql18-plperl-contrib 18.4-r0

PL/Perl extension modules distributed with PostgreSQL

https://www.postgresql.org/

sudo apk add postgresql18-plperl-contrib
  • License: PostgreSQL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: postgresql18
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • package manager index match
  • Matched by: Postgresql18
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: postgresql18-plperl-contrib from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • krb5Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • lz4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openssl@3Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • zstdRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • docbookBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • docbook-xslBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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Used sources

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  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
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